Was this the best decade in Ohio State history?

[WoodyWorshiper]

I say the '70s. When you win Big Ten 8 of 10 years including 6 in a row, that's something. Although our record against Michigan was only 5-4-1 vice 8-2 against them in the 2000s, the Michigan program was far stronger then.

LJB brought up the 10-year period of 1968-1977...if we don't have big games stumbles against Michigan in 1969, Stanford ('71 Rose Bowl), USC ('75 Rose Bowl), and UCLA ('76 Rose Bowl), there's four more national titles...the 10-10 tie at Michigan in 1973 likely cost us another one. From '68 thru '75 we went 73-11-1, and that was with a 6-4 bed-crapper in 1971 (lost last three games of the season). We win at Michigan in '69 and win those three above-listed Rose Bowls, we're 77-7-1 with five national titles in nine years, most likely the best such run of any team in major college football history.

Thats pretty much what I had to say, plus 4 years of Archie Griffin and 9 editions of "The Woody & Bo Show." I was a kid back then, yet a VERY impressionable kid.

Maybe going off in a different direction here, but does anyone out there who is in my age range (47) give or take a few remember back to when we were little and only maybe got to see 2, sometimes 3 Buckeye games a year on TV? We had the luxury of "radio" and God Bless the PBS Broadcasts on tape-delay on saturday nights at 10:00PM getting to actually see the action that the Late-Great Marv Homan was calling? Today's folks are spoiled (in a good way) getting to see pretty much every Buckeye game on TV. But, I think it was much more intriguing back in the day when you had to use your imagination (with alot of help from Marv) to envision what was actually going on as you listened to it. If I could change anything I would change nothing. Looking back, listening to those 70's teams on a transistor radio to me was priceless.

Peace.

 

[Jaxbuck]

I'm just shocked that the 90's aren't getting more love. I mean we were 2-0 vs ND, one of which was an all time classic right down there in Buckeye stadium.

 

[NightmaresDad]

Had to pick the 70s ina squeaker over this decade.

Mainly because of three things:

Archie Griffin

Those teams were just so much more dominant. Regular beatdowns like the 96 and 98 teams gave.

The games against scUM were ALWAYS for the Big 10 Champ (seemingly). Plus, there were those 3 years 73-75 where scUM's only loss or tie for the whole year was to us, and it cost them going to a bowl game every year.

 

[ScriptOhio]

Just sayin': The 2010s was pretty damn good, especially if you ignore 2011:

 

[Zurp]

Just sayin': The 2010s was pretty damn good, especially if you ignore 2011:

Ohio State had a 3-1 record against the teams on that list not named Clemson in that time frame.
3-4 record if we count Clemson.